How do i stop windows from muting everything in the background as soon as i open a game?

[Logan Bentley]

Whenever I play a game like valorant or call of duty my computer mutes everything that i have running in the background like Spotify or youtube videos and when I go look at them to unpause them or turn their audio up it shows that their still running and the audio isn't muted. I've searched everywhere and tried all the fixes I've seen and still cant find a way to fix it.

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